Beginning in 1933, when the Nazis took power, tens of thousands of German Christians — baptized, confirmed, and church-going — received official letters informing them that they were now classified as Jews. For the Nazis, “Jew” was a race, not a faith. Nazi functionaries digging in church baptismal records had turned up a parent or …

They say it takes a village to raise a child. Well, it took several villages and more to create this park — the Eastshore State Park. Now the park stretches along the east side of San Francisco Bay from Richmond to Emeryville. Thirty years ago it was only an idea. The land was part garbage …